Modify excel column

Question

this is the sample application used to develop table filter and export to excel ....
you can download it from :
pls wait few seconds and enter the code to download
http://www.badongo.com/file/2179806
but something annoying is i don't know how to set the column name
help
for instance: column name
/products/name
/products/price
i only need
name
price
as column heading
refering to the blog...
the column is nicely formatted
/people/sap.user72/blog/2006/05/04/enhancing-tables-in-webdynpro-java-150-custom-built-table-utilities
anyone pls help...
or do i need to have sax parser
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Answer 1

Sure, I'll provide a pared down example that demonstrates my use-case:
I have a control to the VI that takes in a 2D array of strings representing the data I want printed in a table.  I am generating a standard report, adding a table to the report, and printing it.  The first VI is "New Report.vi", the second VI is "Append Table to Report.vi", and the third is "Print Report.vi", all found standard in the Report Generation palette.
Note that the "Append Table to Report.vi" has an input parameter "Column Width" with a default value of (1).  This input parameter is a single input parameter, which defines the column widths of ALL the columns in my table - hence, with the VI the way it is, all my columns will be 1 inch wide.  
I find myself needing to be able to define per-column widths, not just a single global column width parameter.  
The only way I have found to do this is by using an Excel template file.  The "New Report.vi" takes in a "template" parameter, and if used, the report generation toolkit can be set to ignore the "Column Width" input parameter on the "Append Table to Report.vi" by setting the width value to -1.  Instead it will launch Excel, open the template file provided, build the table using the template, will close Excel, and will attach the generated table to the report.  However, I have a strict requirement that Microsoft Office NOT be required to be installed on the computer.  
So, without using Excel, is there a way to generate a table in a report and define the width of each column individually?
-Danny